click for more info In an article that's not surprising, Oakland's police chief reported that domestic violence cases are up in the city and that the resources to fight this crime are down. Last Tuesday Oakland Police Officer Randy White presented a report on the state of domestic violence to the City Council Public Safety Committee at the request of Councilmember Dan...

click for more info Here are a couple of stories about how women use self-defense product pepper sprays to defend themselves. In the first article "Arlington Heights police say a woman managed to use pepper spray to fend off a potential attacker who tried to pull her from her car in a parking lot. You can read the rest of the story...

click for more info Here are two articles about sexual assault. The first one is from the University of North Carolina, where students are trying to raise awareness about sexual assault On April 11, the University of North Carolina Wilmington organized its first Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. More than 400 students participated in the event to spread awareness about...

http://www.guardian-self-defense.com/sabre-stop-strap-pepper-spray#.UcIASJyC_dQ"> click image for more details Today we are doing a review of one of the most popular Sabre pepper sprays called the Sabre Stop Strap. It uses the famous Sabre red formula that contains 10% Oleoresin Capsicum measuring 2,000,000 Scoville Heat Units, producing .67% major capsaicinoids. Independent laboratory testing found SABRE RED to be 8% to 86% stronger than the competition....

click image for more details Red Bluff police officers used a stun gun late Saturday night on a 43- year-old man who was creating a disturbance at Food Maxx. Employees said Lance Elton Ward was inside the business without any apparent purpose and had been asked to leave. Ward became angry and verbally abusive, although employees were able to get Ward outside...

“The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on June 7 gave a favorable report to H. 2145, An Act Relative to Non-lethal Self Defense Sprays, from the committee. The bill removes a requirement that a person obtain a license in order to possess pepper spray.Massachusetts is the only state in the nation that requires a person to obtain a license...